So, Google has finally had enough of the hostile business environment in China and has decided to leave. Actually, Google gave the CCP an ultimatum (one that the CCP would never accept) which is to allow Google to operate uncensored in China or they will leave. This is such an explosive move by Google that [...]
Not that anyone reads this thing anyway! But I hate seeing blogs without recent updates, including my own. Last night I stayed up late watching a couple movies. One was What Just Happened (2008). It was a really well acted, at times funny, but overall mediocre film about a week in a Hollywood movie producer’s [...]
Just finished reading this article at Salon and came away wondering if the GOP could become any more irrelevant. Well if they really do plan on putting Sarah Palin up for 2012 then they just might be able put the last nail in their own coffin. What the GOP should be doing is looking towards [...]
Thank you for gracefully accepting defeat in the 2008 Presidential Election. Your concession speech, unlike your campaign, was actually respectable. I really do hope that you will work with President Obama to recover our nation from the devastation your party has wrought since the year 2000. President Obama! I congratulate you on your victory in [...]
My mother is one of those “socially conservative” people, primarily because of her religion. Even as bad as things are now, she is still considering voting for McCain and I know it’s purely for the “social issues” that the Republican platform (claims to) fight for. Here is what I said to her. I know you [...]
Recently I’ve been listening to (mp3) audio books. First “The Audacity of Hope” by Barack Obama and now “The Diamond Age” by Neal Stephenson. Despite its apparent appeal as an alternative source of edification for those with meager attention-spans, it has never really occured to me to delve into them. I suppose the lull in [...]
